Bitcoin tops $65,000 with US inflation data due this week
Every major except XRP is green on the week, with BTC, ether and BNB each up nearly 3% as global stocks trade near a record.
Bitcoin’s improving demand faces a key resistance test as spot participation remains weak and derivatives lead the recovery.
Three sales meet CPI and PPI, creating measurable tests of bond demand, yields and Bitcoin pressure.
August 10, 2026, 6:00 amBitcoin Red Team has now found 1,288 critical and high-level vulnerabilities in the Bitcoin ecosystem as of Saturday.
August 10, 2026, 5:18 amEvery major except XRP is green on the week, with BTC, ether and BNB each up nearly 3% as global stocks trade near a record.
Australia’s financial watchdog has suspended Cryptolink’s registration for three months, adding to a crackdown that previously saw the Bitcoin ATM operator fined $56,340.
Conversations in Berlin are taking place to decide whether Germany will support Joachim Nagel, the current president of the Bundesbank, in a potential bid for the Presidency of the ECB. Nagel, who would emerge as a dark horse, has a negative stance on bitcoin and crypto.
The TUT liquidation highlights the risks of leverage in altcoin markets, urging exchanges to reassess risk management for volatile tokens.
Arthur Hayes argues the artificial intelligence buildout is a leveraged real estate bubble that he says will end in a government bailout larger than 2008. He expects the resulting liquidity creation to carry bitcoin past $1 million.
BIP-110 proponents are debating whether to change the proof-of-work algorithm on their stalled minority chain after it managed to mine only two blocks before Bitcoin’s enormous difficulty effectively brought activity to a signficant crawl. The BIP-110 chain split from Bitcoin after mandatory signaling began at block 961632 on Aug. 8.
The failed fork highlights the resilience of Bitcoin's main chain and underscores the challenges of altering its decentralized protocol.
The breakaway chain drew just 2.53% of mining support, leaving its blocks hours apart and roughly 350 days from a difficulty adjustment while the main network powered ahead.
The Senate's progress on the CLARITY Act could enhance regulatory certainty, potentially boosting Bitcoin's long-term market confidence.